Château d’Audrieu is a castle destination wedding venue in Audrieu, France, hosting 20 to 100 guests in the $$$ price range, reached from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG), ~3 hours by car. Best months: June, July, August, September.
Châteaud’Audrieu
An 18th-century family château between Caen and Bayeux, listed as a historic monument and run as a Relais & Châteaux hotel with 29 rooms and suites.
Château d’Audrieu in Audrieu, open June – September.
An 18th-century family château between Caen and Bayeux, listed as a historic monument and run as a Relais & Châteaux hotel with 29 rooms and suites.
It sits in 25 hectares of park and formal gardens with a consecrated chapel in the grounds, which matters in France, where most venues can only offer a symbolic ceremony.
Event rooms take up to 100, and the estate is let for exclusive use, which is how nearly every wedding here works.
Normandy is the value argument on this list: the same standard of building and service as a Loire or Burgundy château at a lower rate, two hours and a quarter from Paris and forty minutes from a ferry port that brings British guests over with their cars.
4 notes of our own.
18th-century listed château on 25 hectares between Caen and Bayeux
29 rooms and suites, let for exclusive use for weddings
Consecrated chapel in the grounds, rare for a French venue
Event rooms take up to 100 guests
Best held in June, July, August.
The months the weather, and the local rhythm, is kindest to a stay at Château d’Audrieu.
Ask about a date.
Choose a day from the calendar.
Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A first note comes back within two business days.
How the weekend usually runs.
Yours will be different, nothing below is required. Every planning begins with the three meals you most want to eat, and builds outward.
- 18:00Arrival drinks in the park, cider and calvados
- 20:00Dinner in the château dining room
- 10:00Bayeux and the D-Day landing beaches, 20 minutes north
- 16:00Ceremony in the chapel in the grounds
- 19:00Dinner in the salons, the garden doors open if it holds
- 11:00Brunch, then Caen for the train or Ouistreham for the ferry
Things worth knowing.
CDG · ~3 hours by car
Guests fly into Paris Charles de Gaulle. Our team arranges every transfer.
€35,000
The château quotes by proposal and publishes no wedding pricing. Figures are estimated from the property tier and from Normandy running below Loire and Provence rates. None of them is a quote.
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€35,000 to €80,000 for 80 to 100 guests with exclusive use, two nights (estimated)
Quoted with the reception; no published standalone fee
A one-time licence and setup fee, paid to the venue.
By proposal; no published per-head menu rate / head
A seated dinner with wine and service, by headcount.
€250 / night
A standard room in the wedding window. Group rates on request.
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€250 to €600 per room in season (estimated)
June – September
The 4 months the weather is kindest. Shoulder dates soften the light and the rates.
Figures are estimates, modeled from regional rates and public sources, not a quote from the venue. Once the venue claims this page, their own rates take precedence.
Asked along the way.
How many guests can Château d’Audrieu host?+
The château’s event rooms take up to 100 people, and the park adds outdoor options in summer. With 29 rooms and suites on the estate, a wedding of that size can sleep almost entirely on site rather than busing in from Caen.
Is there a chapel for the ceremony?+
Yes, a consecrated chapel stands in the grounds, which is unusual in France and useful if you want a religious ceremony. The legally binding civil ceremony still has to happen at a mairie, as it does everywhere in the country.
What does a wedding at Château d’Audrieu cost?+
The château quotes by proposal. Normandy prices below the Loire and well below Provence, and exclusive use of 29 rooms is the largest line. Every figure on this page is estimated from the property tier rather than quoted.
What is the weather like, and what is the wet-weather plan?+
This is the Channel coast. Even in June and July, rain and wind are likely enough that the indoor rooms have to be the real plan rather than a fallback. Book a venue layout that works entirely inside and treat the garden as a bonus.
How do guests get to Audrieu?+
Paris is two hours and a quarter by car, or two hours by train to Caen plus 25 minutes. Ouistreham ferry port is 40 minutes away for guests driving from Portsmouth, and Charles de Gaulle is about three hours.
Others to weigh.
Ask about dates at Château d’Audrieu.
A note to us with a rough season and guest count. Nothing is reserved until the venue confirms. A reply comes within two business days, from a person by name.